Police and Armed Forces
In the republic of Selid the two bodies are both part of the same organization under the auspices of the council for security and order. This secretive organization has a budget of around $15 billion USD each year and around 75,000 personnel at its disposal. Its purview is to protect the republic from threats both external and internal. The council for security and order is a body of advisers appointed by the councilman for security and order, it can be of any size, its meetings are secret as are who is in the council (with the obvious exception of the councilman for security and order) no body has the right to information from the council (an exception being a majority vote of the judiciary and then the high council).
The Police Special Group (P.S.G.)
This is the body that most closely resembles an army with ~10,000 combatants split between two detachments, detachment A being a mechanized infantry and armored formation while detachment B is air mobile infantry. While not required to live in barracks they are supposed to live within 5 minutes walk of their assembly area. Administration is carried out by the police administrative sections. While primarily for protecting against outside aggression they are also trained to act as riot police.
Police
This body is tasked with patrolling the streets of the republic solving and preventing crime officers cycle through the five units, rapid response units, patrol units, administrative units, technical units and investigative units and will perform each task at some point in their career (though they may elect to spend most of their time in one unit after their first cycle). With ~25,000 officers this is the main part of governmental forces. In addition to maintaining order within the republic in times of war the national police force is expected to turn out as infantry in defense of the republic's borders and to facilitate this APC's and other heavy equipment are available to them.
Police Militia
This body is tasked with aiding the police in performing their function, limited to patrol and crowd control they are there to taking the strain off the regular police force in times of crisis. ~15,000 officers. In times of war the tasks of the police militia are to safeguard the public, perform emergency medical functions, maintain lines of communication and where necessary fight as light infantry.
The penal service
This force of ~7,000 men is tasked with supervising penal service work gangs made up of those criminals whose crimes were not serious enough for death but too serious for short terms and fines as well as manage the prisons. In times of war prisoners are used to maintain the lines of communication or in extreme circumstances formed into penal units and used to fight against the invaders.
Air guard
This force of ~8000 men is tasked with manning anti aircraft positions around the republic as well as crewing and maintaining one squadron of fighter bombers, one squadron of helicopter gunships as well as helicopters for the P.S.G.
Coast guard
This force of ~4000 men is tasked with manning the various vessels used to protect the borders and maintain order within the national waters of the republic, it also had roles such as customs and excise and air sea rescue.
Fort garrison
The republic is dominated by two large fortifications, the new fort and the old fort. These fortifications are designed to provide an interlocking field of fire as well as protect the population within their large shelters. The old fort was designed and built during the course of the 50's and early 60's and is the smaller of the two with a garrison of ~2000 personnel, while it has been updated it is beginning to show its age. The new fort was built during the 80's and is the larger of the two with a garrison of ~4000 personnel.
